Personalized Trial for Chronic Lower Back Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT04203888
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
The Personalized Trial of Chronic Lower Back Pain will test the feasibility of employing technology to facilitate remote N-of-1 interventions to research participants with self-identified back pain. Participants will spend 14 weeks alternating between massage, yoga, and usual care methods to treat their back pain, while answering daily questions and wearing an activity tracker. After 14 weeks, participants will have the ability to share their opinions about a Personalized Trials platform. We believe a Personalized Trials platform will be satisfactory to participants and feasible to scale to large randomized controlled trials, and eventually to clinical practice.
Study details
- Official title
- Re-engineering Precision Therapeutics Through N-of-1 Trials
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: Swedish Massage
- Other: Yoga
- Sponsor
- Northwell Health
- Start date
- 2019-11-20
- Primary completion
- 2021-01-31
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * At least 18 years of age * Fluent in English * Experiencing symptoms of low back pain for \> 12 weeks * Self-reported pain intensity \> 8 on the PROMIS pain intensity scale during screening * Able to receive massage and yoga interventions (2x/week between 8 am and 10 pm) * Owns and can regularly access a smartphone capable of receiving text messages * Owns and can regularly access an e-mail account Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant women * History of spinal surgery * Complex back pain (e.g. sciatica, spinal stenosis, or other pre-existing condition) * Previous diagnosis of a serious mental health condition or psychiatric disorder * Previous diagnosis of opioid use disorder or treatment for any substance use disorder * Previously advised that yoga or massage is unsafe for their condition * Current opioid use * Current physical activity restrictions * Planned surgery or procedures within 6 months of recruitment * Planned travel outside the United States within treatment period time-frame * Weight greater than or equal to 500 lbs.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04203888